The Truth Revealed — Page 7
h a d rat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as 7 The Removal of a Misgiving Harboured by Dr Martyn Clarke In his announcement of 12 May 1893, which was published as a supplement to N u r-i-Afsh an Ludhiana, Dr Sahib was either deceived by the book Ish a ‘atus-Sunnah of the Sheikh from Batala or intended to deceive the people by alleging that reliable ulema of Islam—so to speak—have declared this humble one to be a k a fir [disbeliever]. It is, therefore, documented here to announce to all and sundry that all reliable ulema of Islam upon whom God Almighty has conferred the mastery of doctrine and its practice, and to whom He has gifted the light of profound insights of faith, are with me and at this moment there are nearly forty of them. Most of the people who side with the other party are maulaw i [i. e. learned] only in name and are utterly deprived of excellences in intellect and conduct. Should this statement of my humble self appear to be an exaggeration beyond belief in the view of Dr Sahib, he can see for himself by attending a debate between those ulema who oppose me and the learned ulema who are in the group of this humble one. In fact, such a debate is about to take place on 15 June 1893 in which the opposing party will be Maulaw i Ghulam Dastagir and all the ulema representing his religious point of view from Lahore, and from this side, one or two learned scholars will be nominated. Then the Reverend Gentleman [Dr Clarke] can see